Barber-chair attachment.



W. H. SMITH. BARBER CHAIR ATTAIJHMENT.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 21, 1911.

1,027,9 1 9. Patented May 28, 1912.

COLUMBIA PLANauRAm-l C0,,WASHINGTON, n. c.

WILLIAM H. SMITH, OF LIMA, OHIO.

BARBER-CHAIR ATTACHMENT.

Leavers.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 28, 1912.

Application filed March 21, 1911. Serial No. 616,037.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, VILLIAMZ H. SMITH, acitizen of the United States, residing at Lima, in the county of Allenand State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inBarber-Chair Attachments; and I do hereby declare the following to be afull, clear, and eXact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame.

This invention relates to improvements in barber chair attachments.

After shaving it is customary to go over the face a second time in orderto make a close shave, and in doing this the face, as a general rule, isnot lathered again, but a small quantity of water is rubbed over theface, as otherwise by shaving the face when comparatively dry it createsan itching and burning sensation, which is obviously to be avoided.Under the present practice, therefore, it is customary for a barber topass backward and forward to the water basin, which is generally a shortdistance away, and in shaving a great number of people in a day manyunnecessary steps are required.

The object of the present invention, therefore, is to provide a cheap,simple, and effective device to be directly attached to the chair insuch a position as, to be right at hand and operated to deliver a smallquantity of water into the palm of the barbers hand and automaticallyshut off the flow, avoiding delays and unnecessary steps.

It will be understood in carrying out my invention that the same is'notlimited to the exact details shown and described, but for the purpose ofdisclosure reference is had to the accompanying drawings showing apractical and preferred embodiment of same, in which like charactersdesignate the same parts in the several views, and in which- Figure 1 isa view in side elevation showing a portion of a barbers chair with myimprovements attached to the head rest thereof. Fig. 2 is an enlargedelevational view showing a portion of the tank or reservoir broken awayand the valve arrangement in longitudinal section, with the valve in theopen position. Fig. 3is a fragmentary sectional view showing the valvein its closed position, and Fig. 4 is a view similar to Fig. 1, butshowing a hollow head rest partly broken away and with the valvedirectly leading therein.

1 designates the back of the chair to which is attached the adjustablehead rest 2 in any suitable manner, shown in the drawing as comprising awedging cam 3 engaging the shank 4 of the head rest.

Probably the most convenient place to arrange my attachment is on thehead rest, and 5 designates a tank or reservoir suitably attached to thehead rest on its underneath side, said tank being provided with an inlethaving a closing cap 6. A valve casing is secured to the underneathportion of the tank in any suitable way. In the drawings this casingconsists of a hollow member 7 open at its outer end, and provided with aheaded portion 8 at its inner end having a central bore 9. The innerportion of the head 8 may be screwthreacled, as at 10, to thread in anabutment 11 for securely holding the casing in position.

luounted within the casing is a spindle valve comprising a hollow stem12 open at its lower end and provided with the knob 13 adapted to seatand slide within the hollow member 7, the valve spindle being ofsufficient length, when forced inwardly, to

project a distance within the tank, and this spindle is providedadjacent the head 8 with an opening or openings 14 disposed laterallythereof and adapted to be normally closed by the head 8 of the casing.The inner end of the spindle valve is provided with a threadedprojection 15 to which is attached an annular stop 16 of a diametergreater than the diameter of the bore 9, and this stop will limit theoutward move ment of the valve.

17 designates a locking nut for holding the stop in position.

The valve is guided in its reciprocations by the spindle seating in thebore 9 and the knob 13 seating against the wall of the hollow member 7.

18 designates a coiled spring interposed between the head .8 and theknob 13, and normally forcing said spindle valve outwardly in its closedposition.

In Fig. 4 the head rest 2 is shown as comprising a hollow tank, and thevalve member 7 directly communicates with the interior of the hollowhead rest.

In operation, and with the valve in the closed position shown in Fig. 3,it will be obvious that upon the palm of the hand being pressed upwardlyon the knob 13 the spindle will be forced inwardly against the action ofthe spring and the apertures 14 will be brought into communication withthe contents of the tank, whereupon a small flow of water will pass downthe hollow spindle, the quantity being limited by the small bore of thespindle, although a much lesser quantity may be delivered by a morerapid reciprocation of the valve. Upon the pressure being released thespring 18 will automatically return the valve to its closed position,and the small quantity of water delivered to the hand may be utilizedfor the purpose referred to. The operation with regard to Fig. 4 will bethe same as that just described.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is:

A barber chair attachment comprising a reservoir and means for attachingthe same to the back of the chair, a hollow cylindrical valve casingattached directly to and opening into the bottom of said reservoir, the

said casing being provided with an enlarged cylindrical chamber openingdownward, a hollow valve stem open at its lower end and provided withinlet openings near its upper end and with an annular boss at its lowerend, the said annular boss being slid- WV. I-I. GUYTON, P. M. DRIVER.

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Washington, D. G.

